The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,996 books — 12,448 voters
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,565 books — 18,560 voters

Evermore by Alyson NoelLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,873 voters
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,391 books — 69,257 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,185 books — 28,365 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,137 books — 3,678 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardWatchmen by Alan             MooreThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,433 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,884 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,363 books — 1,776 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,187 books — 1,511 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
821 books — 1,147 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettOut of the Silent Planet by C.S. LewisRebecca by Daphne du MaurierGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
907 books — 1,255 voters

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
776 books — 1,131 voters
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
532 books — 777 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
482 books — 857 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussAllegiant by Veronica RothA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,734 books — 14,278 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Espionage
998 books — 1,100 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Giver by Lois LowryDragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,712 books — 1,562 voters

The Doors of Stone by Patrick RothfussThe Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin
Hurry Up and Release It!!!
259 books — 3,789 voters